For Flamingo, the government plays an important role in helping the company success globally. “One of the great things that government does here is the R&D grant. We can get 40 cents for every dollar we spend on research and development from the Australian government…We don’t see that anywhere else in the world and it’s the reason why I’ve kept the developers and data scientists here in Sydney,” Dr. Wallace shared, adding that “One of the things we would love is for the U.S. government to provide some sort of incentive, particularly for foreign companies that are going into the U.S.”

Technology plays a critical role in assisting startups to success globally as well. Because of the nature of Flamingo’s business, “Communication is everything, particularly when you have distributed teams, so we heavily rely on communication platforms. Probably the best one we use is Slack to communicate. We’ve got Slack channels for all our teams and we have Slack channels for all our clients. It’s a fantastic tool for doing global business.” In addition to Slack, Flamingo uses Facebook, Vimeo, Twitter, and LinkIn as main channels to expand market reach.